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Folios 154-157. A memorandum from Sir John Fielding concerning a security risk posed...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/8/44

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This record is about the Folios 154-157. A memorandum from Sir John Fielding concerning a security risk posed... dating from 1771 Aug 14 - 1771 Aug 15 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/8/44
Date
1771 Aug 14 - 1771 Aug 15
Description

Folios 154-157. A memorandum from Sir John Fielding concerning a security risk posed by Thomas Tillsley, alias [Thomas] Brooks who, in his capacity as engine-keeper, has access to the Queen's [Queen Charlotte] house. Mentions: Thomas's father, a school master in Glasshouse Street [Middlesex]; Mr Robinson of the Board of Works; Thomas's defacto spouse Mrs Brooks, of Grafton Street, St Ann's [Middlesex]; Matthew Martin, a suspected forger of the will of Sir David Chadwick; and Norchy Lee, a Jewish housebreaker and coiner. Folio 156-157. Sir John Fielding to Stanier Porten, dated at Bow Street [London].

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English
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